Staff

Elda Ceribashi

Budget and Grant Administrator

Elda Ceribashi works as Budget and Grant Administrator in the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and the Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University. She oversees sponsored research administration for the School and the Dukakis Center, general financial operations, and student employment.
Elda’s main areas of expertise include grants management, pre- and post-award. She has more than 15 years of experience in finance, auditing and research administration in both academic and non-profit sectors.
Elda obtained her MBA degree from the University of Tirana and University of Nebraska-Lincoln. In addition to English, she is fluent in Albanian and German.

Louis DaRos

Administrative Assistant for Academic Programs

Louis has been with the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs since 2012 and has extensive experience in academic administration. His areas of specialization include student relations, degree audit and office management. Working closely with Graduate Student Services, he serves as an important resource for current, future and former MPA and Urban Informatics students as well as faculty and staff. He was a recipient of the 2016 Outstanding Staff Award from the College of Social Sciences and Humanities as well as the 2016 Faculty Staff Award from the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs. Originally from New Haven, CT, Louis has a BM and MA from the Steinhardt School at New York University. Prior to coming to Northeastern he served as the Assistant Director of the Woodwind Studies program at NYU.

Sara Feijo

Marketing and Communications Specialist

Sara Feijo joined the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs at Northeastern University in the fall of 2015, bringing her creative eye and ear for a good story. She works with students, alumni, faculty, and staff to publicize the School’s impact at the local, state, national, and international levels. She is responsible for the School’s marketing and communication initiatives, print and web design, content management, and social media presence. She also oversees video projects, and writes and edits the SPPUA In Action e-newsletter. Prior to joining Northeastern, Sara worked in the newspaper industry where she earned multiple awards. She holds a Master’s Degree in Journalism and a Graduate Certificate in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from Northeastern University.

Ryan Gosser

Administrative Assistant

Ryan Gosser has been working at Northeastern University’s School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs since January 2015. He is also a freelance event planner, and he often works with the catering team at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, where he oversees private events. He is an avid gardener and very actively involved in community gardens. Ryan earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management and Culinary from New England Culinary Institute in Vermont.

Jenn Mocarski

Administrative Assistant for Academic Programs

Jenn is the administrator for our undergraduate minors, MPP, MURP, MIAF, and PhD programs. She assists with student relations, event planning, and office management. Jenn began working for Northeastern in 2007 at Snell Library. She then moved to the History Department in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities, and most recently worked on the university’s Urban Coastal Sustainability Initiative at the Marine Science Center, before coming to SPPUA in 2016. She has a BA in History from Tufts University, and a MBA from Northeastern’s D’Amore-McKim School of Business.

Heather Seligman Trayner

Associate Director, Administration and Finance, School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and the Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy

Heather began her tenure at the Dukakis Center in the fall of 2000. As our Associate Director of Administration and Finance, she is currently fiscally responsible for all grant, university supported, and gift funds, totaling over $2.5 million annually. Additionally, she is in charge of the Dukakis Center operations, responsible for human resources, project management, and payroll systems. She works closely with Barry Bluestone on strategic planning and development for the Center. She also assists with marketing, communication, and development initiatives.
Heather also serves as the budget manager for the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs. Similar to her role for the Dukakis Center, she functions in the same capacity, managing operations and projects for the School. In May 2008, Heather completed her Masters in Business Administration. During the course of her academic experience, she discovered her interests lie in entrepreneurship, management, and planning.

Natalia Stone

Program Coordinator, Human Services Program

Natalia is a “triple husky,” having gotten her undergraduate and graduate degrees at Northeastern and has worked for the Human Services Program for more than a decade. She is a champion of the Human Services Program and has a rich knowledge of the university and the surrounding community. Her work reflects a commitment to students and the program she serves. She strives to be a true ambassador of the high impact work of the program. She is student-centered and is always available to help students. She has a wide set of talents that range from budgeting, event planning and public relations to academic planning and evaluation.
Natalia supports Dr. Gardinier’s Dialogue of Civilizations, which are project-based service-learning capacity building programs with nonprofits in Benin, Costa Rica, India, Mexico, and Zambia. Natalia provides administrative support to The Social Impact Lab housed within the Human Services Program, which includes Northeastern Students4Giving (NS4G), an experiential philanthropy education program. She helps advise the Human Services Organization, a student club whose mission is to maximize student impact in the community.

Lisa Worsh

Co-op Coordinator, Human Services Program

Lisa has supported human services majors (as well as cultural anthropology and sociology) with co-op since 2003. She has over 15 years of experience working with experiential learning in higher education, has a bachelor's degree in sociology, and a masters of education in counseling. She is dedicated to helping prepare students for the world of work. She has more than doubled the number of employers, and therefore, offers our students excellent co-op opportunities.
Lisa has a vast knowledge of universities and colleges and has worked both locally at Bridgewater State College and Massachusetts Bay Community College as well as across the country at Beloit College (in Wisconsin) and Portland State University (in Oregon). In her former positions, she worked with students, organizations, and corporations from various university offices of student activities. She has worked in both private and public institutions, with traditional and non-traditional college populations, graduate students, and large international populations.
Lisa’s diverse background and high energy has been translated into a drive to create innovative jobs and personal relationships with students, companies, and the Human Services Program. This is illustrated in the recognition of Lisa as the Outstanding Co-op Faculty Coordinator in 2010.